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Bill blocks some sex offenders from living in N.D. state parks

By "eAdvocate"

2-2-2011 North Dakota: Under a proposed piece of legislation, certain sex offenders would no longer be allowed to live in state parks. House Bill 1435, introduced in the House Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, is being pushed by the attorney general's office after it became known that sex offenders were legally registering their address as that of a state park. "We learned of at least one individual probably more who are registering their addresses, and appropriately registering under the current system of the law, their addresses as they're required to do, and they've been listing at state parks because that's where they were living at the time," Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem said. No one can live in state parks for more than 14 days as it is, and under this bill, sex offenders could still live in the park for three days since that is the amount of time they have to register their address...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sex Offender Issues, News, Recidivism and Studies on February 02, 2011 (boomark / email).